Responsive Government with Santiago Siri

“Everything has changed around our lives — the way we connect with each other, the way we communicate, the way we work, even the way we fall in love – except the way we govern ourselves, as a society.”

DemocracyOS is an open-source application for online decision making. The organization’s goal is to enable more responsive and transparent communication with government using modern technology.

Santiago Siri is the president of DemocracyOS.

Questions

What are the problems with democracy that could be solved with technology?

How does the DemocracyOS app work?

What are the P2P identity management solutions you’ve explored?

Were there any previous nonprofits that went through YC whose path you were able to learn from?